The Sun. — London, England, 1838-11-29 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning.- 39 minntes after 0 I Evening 10 miuutes after 1 TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, With immediate Possession, ACapital and Extensive MANOR, of excel lent and highly cultivated Land, comprising many large and small farms, nearly in a ring fence, capable of great improve ment, with 500 acres of coppice wood, and valuable minerals be neath the same, containing, in the whole, nearly 4,000 acres of land. The same is situated 190 miles west of London, and within five miles of the sea, and is so well tenanted as to ensure the most regular half-yearly returns, with no disbursements for repairs. Further particulars to be bad by letters (post paid), addressed to I. 0. U., at Mr. Northcroft's, Law Stationer, 96, Chancery -lane. DISTURBANCES IN INDIA. This day was published, price 4s. sewed, .ETTERS to the GOVERNMENT of J MADRAS and the COURT of DIRECTORS, relative to the DISTURBANCES in CANARA. By F. C. BROWN, Esq., of Tillicherry. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. A SPLENDID BOOK FOR PRESENTATION. In one large 4to. volume, most beautifully bound in maroon morocco, embossed and gilt. Price 11. 1 Is. 6d. T HE DI A D A BOOK FOR THE BOUDOIR. Edited by Miss LOUISA H. SHERIDAN. And Embellished with Thirteen Highly-finished Engravings, By H. COOK, from Drawings of Female Groups, Designed expressly for this work . . E M: . . " This is a most magnificent work, and the intrinsic beauty and literary superiority of its pages justly entitle it to outlive the season. It is splendidly printed, bound, and embellished, and forms one of the most elegant table-books that modern art has produced."—Atlas. " The Diadem' surpasses all other ornamented publications of the season, in the quantity and splendour of its embellish ments. It is indeed a magnificent book, and will, in all proba bility, find its way into the boudoir of every lady of taste and elegance in the kingdom."—Bell's New Weekly Messenger. " The ' Diadem,' in point of literary excellence, and the beauty of its embellishments must be permitted to take the first place amongst works of the same class."—Monthly Chronicle. " Every charm of painting—the spells of poetry—and the love liest representations of female beauty, have been collected, to make this book a perfect triumph of art and beauty."—Crown. Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill. R NUMBER OF EW MONTHLY D HUAIOURIST, IDORE HOOK, Esq., it of E. Howard, Esq., Author of ' &c., and contains : Rural Festivals. Scenes in the Life of an Adven- turer. Song from the German of doethe. The Lesson of Life. By Douglas Jerrold, Esq. Broken Faith. Major Gahagan's Historical Re- miniscences. Memoir of Edward Howard, Esq. The Conversazione on the Lite rature of the Month. 1, Great Alarlberough-street. THE DECEMBE COLB UR N'S N MAGAZINE AN EDITED BY THEO Is embellished with a fine Portrai " Rattlin the Reefer," The End of My Tour. By the I Editor. A day at the Falls. Nobody in Town. Shakspeare's Historical Plays. By the Right Hon. T. P. Courtenay. Excursions in the Environs of Dieppe. The Manager's Note Book— Mr. Knight. My Grandfather's Papers--Don nington Gibbet. Love's Gifts. By Mrs. C. B. Wilson. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1 The publication of THE Sun NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 0 minutes past Three o' Clock. .1 .• # . a. ,11-` , 7 , V.. ,,,, I ' ;› - - 'rk.itilin4 - . 14 . \ „...- e . -- >0.. ..-c.7 ~.jr,, -........1 . 1_ , ...., 5,~~r ~~~~ ~~~~~-o WITH WHICH THE " TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1833. It is expected that at the Council to-day the Par liament will be further prorogued, and not summoned to meet for the dispatch of business till the usual time. Up to the hour of our going to press Lord DURHAM had not reached town ; and, judging by our Correspondent's letter from Plymouth, can scarcely be expected to arrive this evening. We directed public attention a few days ago to the fact that the high rate of postage has been most inju rious to the interests, moral feelings, and affections of the poorer classes. Our observations have elicited the following letter, which we publish here, to confirm our remarks : TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ROCHDALE, 11th Mo. 26th, 1838. I have read with pleasure the articles on Post-office Reform which have lately appeared in The Sun, and have been particu larly struck with the effects which exorbitant rates of postage are calculated to produce upon the correspondence of the working classes, and upon all whose means are limited. This is a part of the general question which has often occurred to myself as deserv ing far greater attention than it has hitherto received. A case which illustrates the hardship to which the poor are often sub , jetted from this cause has recently come under my notice, and I venture to send it for insertion in The Sun, if it be found sufficiently important. A few months ago, a young woman, a native of Woodbridge, in Suffolk, and who had come into Lancashire along with some of her relatives in search of employment, had engaged in a ma nufactory in this town. Her health was not good and she showed symptoms of consumption. She gradually became worse, and was unable to follow her occupation, and fearing she might not recover, was naturally very anxious to return to her parents, or at least, that her mother should come over to see her. Accordingly she wrote to her mother by the post, and anxiously awaited a reply. In twelve or fourteen days a reply arrived, in which the mother stated that her daughter's letter had been brought her by the postman, but that she had been unable to liberate it, from the impossibility of paying one shil ling, the charge of postage. The letter had therefore to be re placed in the office, where it remainedfor a week, until, by some means, she was enabled to spare a shilling to defray the charge upon it. This may appear a very small matter to the unthinking, and scarcely worth publishing in a daily journal, but when we con sider the anxiety of a parent to know the contents of a letter from her daughter, from whom, to receive a letter by the post, must have been a very unusual occurrence, and the anxiety of the daughter, gradually sinking from disease, to receive a reply, which would probably inform her if she should ever see her parent again, and when we reflect that this case is but one out of very many which are continually occurring, and all owing to the extravagant amount charged by the Post•office, it surely cannot be unreasonable to demand that such a change shall take place as shall make that establishment more generally useful, and more calculated to meet the wants of a great and in -1,-easing population.—l am, respectfully, JOHN BRIGHT. We ventured some time ago to throw out a hint that the public might be made to sort the letters themselves to a considerable extent, by having boxes put up at the receiving houses, in which letters might be put for the different districts, so as to save at least the first stage of sorting. On this subject we shall now lay before our readers the suggestions of a gentleman which would much tend we think to facilitate both the despatch and the delivery of letters. H. suggests that at the district offices established through the me tropolis the letters should be divided into districts, stamped and taxed before they are carried to the Gene ral Office. They would then nave only to be put into the boxes of the post towns at the iDad divisions and brought into account against the Deputy Postmaster of the different places. Such an operation would save all the time which is now, so far as those letters are concerned, occupied after they are carried to the General Post-office in sorting, facing, stamping and taxing. Another im provement, as it seems to us, would he to divide the seve ral large towns of the empire into districts, and have the letters coming to those towns sorted for the districts in the places where they are posted. For example, the me tropolis contains about the fifteenth part of the whole population, and about the seventh part of all the letters sent pass through its Post-office, and proceed fro m or are directed to its inhabitants. It includes the Borough, with Camberwell and Highgate, Kensing ton and Blackwall. At least the metropolis ought to be divided into five, if not more districts, and the letters put into the country Post-offices, might come sorted for the Borough, for the East-side of Grace church-street, for the centre of the City, for a district west of Charing-cross, and for a district north of Holborn. Why should not letters be sorted in Edin burgh, for example, for these separate districts, as well as for Liverpool and Manchester? In the same man per, the letters for Edinburgh may be separated at least into letters for the old and new town. This 4 11ys • • . ci •le is obvious l y ca p able of g reat extension in _ - 0 ,4Y,;',1" nd if combined with pigeon - holes or box es at two , eceiving-houses to make the public sort their $ll -4 would, we believe, so facilitate both the ,Zlt9; letters for the departure of the mails, and 4c 4 t a ICI - .4 1 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 185,6. continuing them, and they must, both for our internal peace and external security, be abolished. Then arises the consideration for practical men how the inevitable mischief can be made as little as possible, and that it will now be our duty to develope. Let it first be noticed that the Corn-laws cannot be repealed, even if the Legislature were so dis posed for some months ; that consequently the repeal would have no effect in promoting cultivation abroad this year. All the markets of the world have been lately ransacked to supply us, and it is supposed that no art and no price could bring a much greater quantity of corn to this country than it now possesses before the close of the next harvest, and that then, unless the season were particularly fruitful, we should get no abundance. By the repeal now, therefore, there could be no very sudden and great fall caused in the price of wheat, and now to carry it into effect would be to make the general reduction in prices gradual, and prepare all classes for its arrival. We must now stop, but we will resume the consideration of this very important question to-morrow. The news received yesterday by the overland mail from India is of the utmost importance. Our Govern ment in India has, it appears, become fully sensible of the hollowness of RUNJEET SINGH'S professions of friendship, as well as perfectly aware of the dangerous train laid for it by the treacherous agency of Rus sia. The forcible restoration of SHAH SHOOJAH— a measure in the sound policy of which we do not concur, unless it be proposed to push our western frontier forward to the Indus—is likely to embroil us in a war with the Nepaulese, the Bur mese, the Ghoorkhas, and the Affghans, among whom the most perfect understanding is established, with a view to a simultaneous, combined action against the authority of Great,. Britain. It is part of the policy of Russia to flatter RUNJEET SINGH by affecting to regard him as another NADIR SCHAH destined to re-establish the independence of India ; and to suggest the formation of alliances dangerous to British Sovereignty as ideas dictated by the he roic designs of the " invincible Lion of the Punjaub." In the case of the SHAH SHOOJAH, we believe, however, that we have gone too far to recede with honour; though if he be what Captain BURNES describes him, " a fool and a coward," we are likely to pay dear for our attachment to legitimacy. On the 31st of October, an army of ten thousand men, under the command of Sir HENRY FANE, was to have been in readiness at Runhaul, to form the nucleus of a force, to be called the " Army of the ex-King of Caboul," and which was to be re-inforced by ten thousand other troops, raised at SHAH SHOOJAH'S expense, and entirely officered by Englishmen. Of this combined force Sir HENRY FANE was to have the entire command, subject to the instruction of marching directly to Firagepore, on the banks of the Sutledge. As RUNJEET SINGH had stipulated to unite with the British authorities in the restoration of the ex-King of CABOUL, by placing a reinforcement of 30,000 troops at his disposal, Sir HENRY FANE was instructed to apply to him for permission to pass through his terri tory, and in the event of a refusal, either to force a passage or to make a circuit of 700 miles to reach Ca boul by another route—a march so fullpf dangers, that it was feared to attempt it would ruin the expedition. Such was the state of things two months ago ; and it would now appear, from the purport of the advices received yesterday, that RUNJEET SINGH'S determi nation to dispute the passage of the Punjaub by the British, should they persist in marching to Caboul through his territory, is already taken, and even notified to the proper authorities. The fact is, that RUNJEET SINGH was never sincere in his expressions of compassion for the fate of SHAH SHOOJAH. When an exile at the Court of Lahore, the ex-King was plundered of his most valuable diamonds, and would as certainly have lost his head, had he not been taken under the protection of our Government. This is one cause for the insin cerity of RUNJEET. In the next place, he considers that the restored Sovereign would: be no better than the puppet of the British Governor-General, and conse quently that he would be placed between two fires ; whereas, by keeping the question undecided, he secures the forbearance of KAM-RAM, the reigning Monarch, and under the plea of an alliance with England, keeps open his means of sowing disaffection among all the native Princes who have negotiated the treaties of friendship with our Government in India. But as the first blow is half the battle, Lord AUKL AND is exerting himself with the most praiseworthy vigilance to be prepared for whatever may happen. Our extracts from the native journals, inserted in another column, will show that every exertion is making to increase the army along the whol e li ne o f our suspected frontier. We are indebted to the Devonport Independent for a long report—for which we regret that we cannot find space in our columns—of the proceedings at a public meeting of the Reformers of that town on Monday evening, convened for the purpose of voting a congratul a t or y a dd ress to t h e E ar l o f DURHAM. The meeting, at which the MAYOR presided, was numerously and respectably attended, and:the address, conceived in terms highly complimentary to the pub lie and private character of the Noble Earl, was car ried unanimously. If we may take the public expres sion of the opinions of the Radicals of Devonport as a fair sample of the sentiments entertained generally by the Radical body of the Canadian policy of Lord DURHAM, we shall be justified in saying that his Lordship was never more popular than he is at this moment. The condition of the Spanish people both in the Old and New World forms quite an anomaly in the history of mankind. About three hundred years ago I S t pa is i o w w a s h o e l n p e l e o s f s the a n d m d o e s g t r p a d o e w d e r b f e u y l S n t d a t whate s in evenEu rope. the states,imagination b c a o r b u h 0 n s a v e R n c s o s n i civa areed , m a a nd ki n g w hi le r api d other pro gress in many of the arts of civilized life, and using e c r e a th n e d y c a o r n e so fo li n d n a ( t i e , t e i v l e e i r r y p m o e w a e n r: s t t o h o p r e s s p e r a v n e i a internal h e p r e e v a and with these examples before their eyes, are making equally rapid progress in the opposite direction, Pe ruvians, Chilians, Mexicans, and every other race of the Spanish breed, are faithfully imitating the conduct of the mother country. Possessing some of the finest parts of the habitable world, with the richest land, fit for raising every speci es o f produce, splendid rivers and fine harbours, their be, not to d e f e nd population is rather on sg t e h ne e emr d ss e o c tr l o in es e ta t b b l a is n h th r e eg i u n l c a r r ea g s o e . , e fo ct rei v tai e e r d n m m steh e l n evi t er s s , o o ai r igly c a a in r o r s y tbj on trade, but to tear one another in pieces. A great man said the two parties in Spain, if left to themselves, would not settle the quarrel in 800 years, and every feature of the character of the people in both We have America, seldom worlds a t n e n a d r s r vtaol from confirm a thin, e r s t f a r t o e m m e s n o t t h without an account of some horrible domestic mas sacre, or some suicidal revolution, all tending to the same end—the destruction of the vital powers of the respective States. In fact, there appears to be no hope for this people but from foreign interference or conquest, and insidious and wicked as BONAPARTE'S plan was to make Spain a part of his dominions, we believe there are few persons in that country with any patriotism that do not regret his failure. The public in general now view the transaction in that light, because, after thirty years' war, and endless attempts to establish a regular Government, they appear as -far from rege neration or their object as at the commencement. The jealousy of - the other States of Europe, may for some time allow this unnatural contest to continue ; but in all probability this useless race in the New World will be expelled, or driven into a corner by their neigh bours. The North Americans have begun the work in Texas ; and were they to abolish the curse of their country—slavery, and establish their free institutions as they advanced, every friend of humanity would wish them success. Every real friend of liberty and good order sees with deep regret the advantages which the misguided ardour of some, and the wicked machinations of others, are preparing for the enemies of all Reform. If these continue to operate, one of two results must certainly follow—either the Conservative party must come into power, or the present Government must give up for a time one of the principles which has distinguished them from all preceding Administrations. They have allowed every latitude to all parties in speaking and writing, whether against their conduct, or the acts of the Legislature ; and while the proceedings were con fined to mere words, they received the approbation of all who remembered the tyrannical gagging and imprisoning system of the Sidmouth and Castle reagh school ; but between words and deeds there is a wide difference. When a man finds his house set on fire, or plundered, and his person exposed to violence for obeying the law, he becomes a Conservative by instinct, and unless measures be taken to insure protection, tens of thousands who now support the Government would be driven into the ranks of their opponents. This is precisely what the ene mies of Reform desire, and what the pretended friends of the people are rapid consummating. Even Mr. FEILDEN, with all his horrors for the Bastile law, and the " three devils" of Somerset-house, would forget these when he found his own mill in danger. Nothing but the most grievous oppression can justify an appeal to force, because in the first instance it leads to incal culable destruction of property and individual suffer ing, and in the next the result is at least doubtful, or in nine cases out of ten leads to a cure worse than the disease. Mr. O'CONNELL knows this well, and no feature of this singular man's life is more remarkable or more deserving the universal praise of the good than the peaceable system he has adopted for redress ing the wrongs of his country. Had he adopted ano ther course in 1828, the Emancipation Bill would pot have passed in his day. The bigotted Hig h Church party wanted only an excuse for com mencing the attack on him and the whole Catholic population of Ireland. He knew these men well—he knew the latent prejudices which violence would excite in England against Popery, and like a skilful General, he fought only with the arms by which he knew he could be successful. The OASTLERS, and STEPHENS, and all that school that tell the people to trust only to " cold lead and sharp steel" need not wonder, therefore, that he is averse to join their ranks. The first shot fired in defence of the People's Charter would revive the spirit of To ryism in this aristocratic country ; and the Ballot, the Extension of the Suffrage, the Abolition of the Corn laws, and other reforms now in progress, would be post poned, in all probability, during the lives of the present generation. In consequence of the stormy state of the weather the French mails of Tuesday have not yet arrived. BRUSSELS, Nov. 26.—0 n Salurday:evening the King trans acted business at Lacken, with the Minister of War. Yes terday, at two o'clock, the King presided at the Council of Mi nisters. General Buzen, and M. Dumortier, Minister of the Chamber of Representatives, were successively received by the King: Though the actual state of affairs appears to be so embar rassing, we do despair here of coming, and that soon, to an amicable settlement of the Belgian question. Louis Philippe especially is extremely desirous to be able to announce this event at the opening of the Chambers, in order thereby to neutralize the unfavourable impression produced by the eva cuation of Ancona. At all events, not the slightest appre hension is felt here that a war can result from this affair. On the other; hand, a letter from Paris announces that King Leopold intends to pay another visit to that capital before the opening of the Session. A letter from Brussels to a Dutch Journal contains the same news. In the Chamber of Representatives to-day (the 26th) the Minister of War presented a project of law for granting to his department an extraordinary credit of 3,544,940 f. The Chamber then proceeded to the continuation of the debate on the 2d article of the project of law respecting the stamp duty. This article concerns the duty on the Journals. After a long debate, the Minister of Finance moved that the Chamber should decide in the first instance whether the duty should be uniform or proportional to the size of the Journal. The Chamber decided against the uniform duty by a majority of 49 to 23. ANTWERP, Nov. 27.—TheBelgesays—" The protocol which has lately been spoken of was a declaration of the King of Prussia, who will not consent on any account that Luxem•- burgh shall remain to Belgium. The King was to set out this morning for Paris to make Louis Philippe decide formally either for or against us, before the opening of the Session." DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Nov. 9.6. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mort Bv:idle, 4% per cent. 94% 95 1 ,E Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 7834 78% Commercial Company, 4'; per cent 174 175 1 4 Ditto (1f132 and 1833) 5 per cent. Loan 1836, 4 per cent. Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month.— ...... Two months ..... BELGIAN I. UNDS—Bausseto, Nov. 27. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOl% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3 per Cent. 65% Loan of City, 1839, 4 per Cent 97 Society of Commerce, 4 % per Cent 144 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 143% National Society . —Brussels Papers, Nov. 27. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Nov. 22. Bills. Money, t. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent lO3 102% Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 103% 102% Exchange on London, three montsis 622 —Prussian State Gazette, Nov. 23. THE JUDGE ADVOCATE.-It does not seem to be generally known that Mr. Sergeant Arabin, the new Judge Advocate, was the Deputy Judge Advo cate before, and that his appointment is only tempo • rary. The name of Mr. Macaulay has been men tioned as likely to supply IVIr. R. C. Fergusson's place, and certainly the Government could not give the ap pointment to a more distinguished man. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. There were fair supplies to-day at market, and a fair business done. Fish-Turbot, 7s. to 255. and higher for very large; Cod 2s. 6d. to 10s. and 12s. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters, Is. to 3s. each. Meat-Beef, 74d. to Bid. ; Mut. ton, 7d. to Sid. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Pork, 7 d. to aid. For the season there was a fair supply of Vegetables, and prices were much as Covent-Garden. CITY FISH MARKET. There were not large supplies to-day, and prices were higher. Turbot , 7 s. to 25 5. and 30 s. ; Cod, 2s. to 10s., 15 5 ., and 21s. each ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to Bs. each ; Whitings, 3d. to 6d. each ; Haddocks, sd. to 10d. each. HAYMARKETS. There was not any great supply to-day at market, of either Hay, Clover, or Straw. The demand was in proportion. Hay 80s. to 110 s. and 112 s. Clover 905. to 1265. Straw 325. to 38s. per load. SPIRIT MARKET. Proof Leeward Rums are 3s. 2d. to 3s. 3d. and but little doing. Geneva quiet at 2s. 3d. British Corn Spirits are still 10s. 2d. Not much passing in Brandy, but prices are steady. BALTIC PRODUCE MARKET. Hemp fully supports its recent advance, with but little passing. Timber is rather languid, and prices are firm. Turpentine steady, at 625. for spirits, and 13s. for rough. The imports are light at the present time. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. C. is 58s. on the spot, and 58s. 3d. to 58s. 6d. for next year. COLONIAL MARKET. We have not a single public sale to-day of Colonial All the sales adv er ti se d f or to-day are last pr oduce 'Drugs.. British Plantation Sugar sells ste a dil y at f ully quotations. Nothing particular stirring in Tea, or in any Colonial commodity by private contrAct• Owing to the news from Calcutta yesterday of a short crop, holders are asking more money for Indigo, but cannot get it. For to-morrow we have public sales of 3,000 bags Mauritius Sugar, 300 bags Bengal, 20 casks Jamaica Coffee, and 1,000 bags Chicory. The imports, owing to a change of wind, are heavier, MONEY AND COMMERCT A L NEws. T ( 211 s DAY/, 7' IV EL VE O' CL CK Our arrivals this morning are a French Mail due, and an Ostend Mail—ship letters from Calcutta to the 26th June, and St. Helena to the 28th September. LIVERPOOL COTTON.MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The demand fur Cotton to-day has been very extensive, and prices have been fully maintained. The sales are ten thousand bags, of which seven thousand have been taken by speculators. A Halifax Mail has arrived, by which we have received Ha lifax Papers to the 23d October. The above packet has been • due for some time. ( From the Royal Gazette.) " The Highlanders have left us : regret at their departure is felt by the community generally ; a finer body of men than the 93d there cannot be in our good Queen's service. They embarked yesterday on board the Medea steamer ; they P roce-d to Pictou. The above Papers have been anti cipated by the late arrivals from the United States and Canada, We have received the Demera Papers to the 13th October. ( From the above Papers. ) " We regret to hear that the labourers in our district, and that, perhaps, the most fertile and heretofore prosperous in the colony, have given notice, in very large numbers, of their intention to quit, and seek employment elsewhere. Such a simultaneous expression of discontent cannot have arisen with out some adequate and known cause. We have, indeed, for some weeks past been assured of the existence of the general discontent by parties who predicted the present occurrence. The cause assigned was undue severity on the part of the Magistrates, in inflicting punishment for neglect of work." Barbadoes Papers to the 27th October contain a detailed report of the Commissioners appointed by his Excellency the Governor to visit and inspect the different parts of the island, for the purpose of inquiry and civilization. The report upon the whole is decidedly favourable, industry and subordination, with some exceptions, generally prevailed, and the state of society is improving. We have received the Journal of Commerce of Antwerp of yesterday's date, from which we copy the following :—We are informed that Prussia speaks of an Army of Occupation for Belgium, to bring to a conclusion the immediate acceptance of the 24 articles. Prussia will go in concert with the King of the Pay- Bas ; and she will declare that the oc cupation will only be temporary, and in every respect will not go beyond the pl °posed intention. The French . CAinet finding itself in this perplexed situation, hastened to address itself to England, to ask that, in case of the occupation of Belgium by Russia, France could depend on the aid of England, in virtue of the political alliance which exists between them. The answer of the Cabinet of St. James's was very evasive, and she recriminated on the affairs of Spain, and no assistance was promised, therefore, it was determined in a Council of Ministers, to form a Corps of Observation of 30,000 men on the northern frontier, to watch the movements of the Prussians. DUTCH FUNDS, Nov. 26.—Two-and.a•Half per Cents., 548 ; Five per Cents., 101. These prices are lower than by the last arrival. THE FUNDS. The stormy weather, with few arrivals this morning, damps the speculating in the various Funds. Consols opened this morning at the closing quotations of yesterday-934 for Money, and 94 to k for the Account. Exchequer Bills, 65 67; India Bonds, 62 64 ; Bank Stock, 2021 2031. Spanish Active, 16k 17k ; Portuguese, 314 ; Three per Cents., 20/ Colombian, 254 264; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 544 ; Five per Cents., 1001 4. Since the foregoing was written, both the British and Foreign Markets have become heavy, at the following prices : —Consols, 93+i for Money, 93i for the Account. Bank Stock also receded, 202. Spanish Active lower, 161 i; Portuguese, receded to 301 a ; Three per Cents,, 194 20; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., lower, 534 54; Five per Cents., 1001 i . The India news is in general looked upon as unfavourable. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 203% 3 I India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ... ..... 92 7 4% 3 2% ; Ditto Bonds 62 64 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 93% %%% i South Sea Stock 352 per Cent — Old Annuities Ditto Red. 100% 100 4 New Ditto New 316 per Cent lOl% % 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent. Bank Long A nnuities to expi re Ditto 500 Jan. 5, 1860 14% 15-16 Ditto Small 65 67 pm Oct. 10, 1859 — Ditto Commercial 7 pm. Jan. 5, 1869 Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ....... April 5, 1880. — India Stock for Account Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Account 94 3% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds 78%% Ditto New Bonds 30% yk, Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds 1) tto Account Colombian Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 0 6 5% Spanish Bonds.. Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account. Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. Ditt Bond,, 1825 — -- 4 per cent. Ditto Account — --- 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent.... ---- Exchange —f. —c. Ditto Account — i Dutch, 2k per cent. 53% 4 Ditto, 6 per Cent 23% ; Ditto Account — Ditto Account Neapolitan 1 Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. British Iron Company Brighton Railway London and illackwall Railway London and Southampton (New) R a il way 2O Midland Counties Railway Company So •'orthern and Eastern Railway Company Colonial Bank Ditto Scrip London and Westminster Bank 2O London Joint Stook Bank lO PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, NOV. 27. 3 per Cent. Consols 92 tri Grand Canal Debs. 6 per cent. 3N per Cent. Stock lOOl4l Ditto, 4 per cent. Ditto Reduced --HHibeinian Bank — Ditto New, 183(1 .... loo%lCity of Dublin Steam Company 116% 3' , , per Cent. Debentures Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock — Ballast Office Debentures, 4 per Grand Canal Stock ...... - Per Share 12 111 i 11% 7 6' 4 40V 361 8% 'IN 94. 1414 HALF-PAST ONE. - - By the Halifax Papers received this morning, it appears that a coal mine has been discovered contiguous to Dorchester river, in IN estmoreland county, New Brunswick, about the 20th October, and from specimens which have been examined by Mr. Joseph Averd, the coal is judged to be of very su perior quality, and its value highly enhanoed by the facility of shipping. It is hoped that the Government of New Bruns wick will not obstruct the benefits likely to accrue from the discovery. _ We hive no farther arrivals, the letters and papers by the England, from New York, have not as yet been received. The Journal of Commerce of Antwerp, says, that the news received at Brussels on Tuesday, caused a Council of Minis. ters to take place, at which the King presided, and Sir Hamil ton Seymour was to have on the following day a conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Protocol, which was received within these last few days is stated to be a declaration from the King of Prussia, that he is determined that Luxemburg shall not belong to Belgium at any price. On receiving this intelligence the King of Belgium was going to set out for Paris to request of Louis Philippe to formally announce for or against us, before the opening of the Chambers. Since the early part of the morning both the British and Foreign Markets have become heavy. Consols, which were 94k for the Account, have receded to 93i ; and 934 for Money, receded to 933 , Money continues in demand in the House, and has become rather scarce. The Government broker purchased, in the course of the morning, 10,000 Consols, at 93/. The Batavier has just arrived, by which we have received Dutch Papers of the 26th instant. A Cabinet Council was held on Sunday and Monday at the Hague, to consider the contents of the despatches received from London. Exchequer Bills, 65 67 ; India Bonds, 62 64 ; Bank Stock, 203 ; India Stock, 262, rather lower. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 161; Portuguese, 30k, down ; Three per Cents., 20 ; Colombian, 251; Bra zilian, 784 ; Dutch Two- and-a- Half per Cents., 54. Scarce any alteration in the Share Market, Brighton, dis. The following has been posted at the Bank of England ; The Governor and Company of the Bank of England do hereby give notice, that after the 29th instant they will be ready to receive applications for loans, upon deposits of Bills of Exchange, not having more than six months to run, Ex. chequer Bills, East India Bonds, or other approved securities. Such loans to be repaid on or before the 23d January next, with interest, at the rate of 3} per cent. per annum, and to be for sums not less than 2,0001. each. Bank of England, 29th November, 1838. THREE O'CL OCR Consols for the Account, 93i. 40.11 Last night a fire, which for a considerable time threatened an extensive sacrifice of property, broke out on the premises of Mr. Joseph Thornton, cabinet-maker and builder, No. 2, Hales-terrace, East India Dock-road, and in consequence occasioned a great deal of excitement in the neighbourhood. The police instantly despatched messen gers to the several fire-stations in the metropolis, but before any of the engines arrived the fire had made a rapid progress and the destruction of the entire building was fully antici pated. The engines of the Wellclose-square and Jeffrey square stations were quickly brought to the spot, but some time elapsed before the flames were successfully subdued. The upper part of the premises were used as workshops and contained cabinet tools and furniture of great value, the whole of which are completely destroyed, and much damage has been done to the building. The loss is very consider able, and the building unfortunately not insured. The cause of the conflagration is unknown. THE WEATHER.—(From the Dumfries Courier.) Scarcely a single drop of rain fell last week ; during tl7ree or four mornings there was no frost, and on the miler days it was so slight that no interruption was offered tt - , plough ing. A good deal of tilth was accordi■gly turned, and considerable progress made in cleaning I,sznato land ; but we were disappointed to hear from persons who had been in the lower parts of Annandale, and higher of Wigtosvn ?lire, that portions of potatoes still remained in the ground up to Thursday, or perhaps Sunday last. The sheep have had another favourable week, whether among tur nips, or sheltered braes, or even on the bleakest hill sides ; and the same remark applies to outrie, wintering cattle. A finer back-end, very few remember ; the turnips are still growing, and have bulked so well during the last six weeks, that they seem destined to disappoint most agreeably the expectations of many a farmer, COMMON P!,,E4.S (TRI:s4 11.01,) IMPORTANT TRIAL ON WRIT OF RIG DAVIS V. LOWN DES. (SECOND DAY.) Mr. Sergeant TALFOITED addressed the Court as follows' -d May it please your Lordships, and Gentlemen of the n Assize, it now become s m y d u ty t o o p en to you the eau_ o behalf of the demandant, and to make such remarks as the fairly arise on the case which has been presented to you e ° Go , part of the tenant, by my Learned Friend the Attorot:Pdi,, neral. lam sure I need not tell you that I enter on the charge of that duty with no common excitement. Mel_ i s t he the property which is at stake—the consciousness that tcs o _ ber last opportunity that the claimant can ever have of present! w g oui d case before a Grand Assize or Jury of her countryinen - T oc i a ce alone render it exceedingly difficult on my part to l °t ore sea this case to your notice. But that anxiety is greatly feel' by reflecting on those natural, and I must say honourablavnd o a ings, with which I must necessarily have to struggle; an to the attempt which has been made by the Attorney-Ge LL'e awaken other feelings than those which might justly u eo s c. cited in this case, and which I cannot contemplates a ° ,.. re sde companied by the power possessed by my Learned self said without a portion of that trembling with which be ll_ bas he approached the case. Gentlemen, my Learned men a little exagge rated the difference in station of the partia l ' rti to not correct in saying that Mr. Davis (not now indeedar eot og the suit, he having died si nce th e l ast tr i a l, an d I repre . v ery his widow), was a marine r , th oug h no d ou bt he was coif humble and obscure situation, and had to combat, 1 1 el i s gs with great wealth, but w ith a ll th ose assoc i a ti o ns and ' e d the which the liberal possessi on of wea l t h h a d fl un g aroun i t hat gentleman now holding the es t a t e i n ques ti o n. Ifee to tlre when my Learned Friend th e Att o rn e y-G e n e ral alluded s, long possession of Mr. Lownd es and Mr. Lown des ther, he must necessarily have awa k ene d a ll those a s ' tious in your minds to which I have referred., an d e Gentlemen, it is my duty to remind you of the sitnln .. , t ise solemn office which you have to perform, between these,r o :g. —a duty cast upon you by the ancient common law bit land—that duty being to make the inquiry, just as thol to s were immediately after the demise of Mr. Selby, the ten bola to f into which of these two p ar ti es " h as t h e more right the the lands in dispute." My L earne d F r i end spoke, epos " extreme hardship" there is in a gen tl eman being eall-s,v after a possession of almost si xt y y ears , b y hi mse lf a n o n os father, to maintain that posse ss i on , an d t h at t h e circumstance for. ates a suspicion as to the case of the claimant, coralagoeoto f ward at the last moment when the l aw a ll owe d hi m to Pr' it. Does not the very case OR th e p ar t o f t h e te nant s ur r e of an answer to that imputation ? D oes not t h e very °,sthaOl: the case show the wisdom of th e o ld common l aw of Oa r ind in having given to the rights of inheritance so long a i r g e ges• in which they might be brought forward. The very this tbi s tion of my Learned Friend, that the person on ri pe n yertf' claim is founded, was at a distance and in 13 y o p re" is abundant reason why the claim could not have bee n per ferred at an earlier period. Mr. Lowndes, as you w .l o btli ll ceive, was let into possession of the estate, in his own JD s s 1784—having previously received the rents and P r i ?„ 1 .0 0 " Receiver" of the Court of Chancery and ther e "„ese)' armed against the rightful heir (whenever he should a ll e r o dieg from the very estates in question ; with the means of da t sli his possession. At that time the party, w hom ' on e prove to your satisfaction was the heir, a persts l n ot Erasmus Lloyd, was living in Wales, an old man , u fier t . ' of eighty years of age, who died within two years 3 co aor period at which the estate descended on him ; in what tar e tion was he, therefore, t o contest t h e ownership o f the s i s ,/ with its wealthy possess or . Th at i s not the o nIY A which the case affords to th e suggest i ons of my Learne"adic" the Attorney- General, so ca l cu l ate d as t h ey we re to Pre] ode r you against us. The case s h ows t h at the Mr. Sel b y whom Mr. Lowndes claims, was ignorant of the Pr, berr of his own family ; th at he himself conceived b o d A might be living in o b scur i ty , an d at a d'Alallee s io 'seet r :, therefore he directed a d vert i sements to be ',ijet'i in the papers to lead to hi s di scovery. T he mean s of e as $ f on which pedigree can b e established are discovered ° m oo t : remote periods, and by mere acc id ent, and at a long kie*cebee, time from the period when the party interested maY„: a be e l : 0 conscious of his right. Let the tradition in a fainT o cset' o r so strong, let the conviction of heirship in the partY,'„, - 110 0 ,f firm, he has to seek out the means of establishing t"" " t his descent, at a long distance of time, in the obscurlithos parish registries, and, is it to be said, that ;ell, any such evidence he is to come forward, ho pe, el to annoy and to vex the possessor with no reasonab le se: establishing his clai m ? Th e L earned Sergeant then ad err' to the fact that the t enant i n t hi s case had only since the last trial, with all his vast resources, a *lOO ant piece of evidence, p ro d uce d last night, the adm illi eotl e ; . 1 0 l o t/ 0 of an Isabella S e lby. H e then proceeded thus :-"" na men, I cannot help s a yi ng , on b e h alf of that old C ont ra tt of England, over th e ru i ns o f w hi ch the Attorney.Generet,cifee: —I hope prematurely, I cannot help saying that there ar e „. 01 tages in this institution of a solemn tribunal guarded r ' e quir; it is with every difficulty on the part of the claimant,ireissee ing from him the strictest attention to his evidence •fieed help thinking that if this old institution is to be sacri the the fluctuations of time, and to exist hereafter only in olpte pages of history, t h at i t seems to have been, in somesome l3oo J compensatory for th e diff erence of resources on the wir, c CO a claimant, as aga i nst t h e possessor. No human t to level the distincti ons o f poverty and riches with te9PAtil the bringing of claims before a Court of Jostler., 004 , 6 00 moment its sacred p rec i ncts are entered, no such are known. However, we are not here to'discuss the i Llsse' of our ancestors in framing this institution, but to r recolg the duties which it imposes, which I am sure you, — l4O 're will do with firmness and honesty. N o w as regar d o f Lowndes's situation, let me observe, this is not e ase ide; party having purchased large estates for a valuable c? li e j of eo Iron, and after a long lapse of time sought to be dePr le r gott, i by some hitherto undiscovered flaw, or some long 'ft :(1 scandal. Mr. Lowndes received the estate as the gcbt $.; friend Mr. Selby, the testator, on condition that tbe 111 10%; lawful heir was not found. Under that condition be salou"e, joyed the estate, and received its rents and rofits tn al l id efe' d buy the property twice over ;Ps not, that clew sufficient to the' hardship" on the part of the person who, bt of t 0 disadvantage, comes forward now to vindicate the rtg ? [T h e hesitance which has, she believes, descended on b er diatee;to Learned Sergeant then animadverted upon and TeP,n attempts which had been made by the Attorriey-',of e r excite a suspicion as to the authenticity of &octne °. 6e 0 ," 0 4 dence that m i g h t b e tendered, and procejededi fo'be men, Mr. Selby, t h e testator, no doubt. regards be t oe Mr. Lownd es w i t h f eel i ngs of esteem and acetic)" ; 0 eft dr , wished that, could the lawful I..eir be found, this lag. to should descend to him. That feeling was not Pee tla Selby. It is a feeling bound up with the oldest aso c it fee' , prejudices, if you will—of the English nation , h fol er b oi which is as strong in the breast of the poor Weis'. the such as him whose descendant I now represent- -W rio le a few acres to transmit to his children—as in the We ° O r os wealthiest landowners—the law of i n heritance' s of ot men—as was sa id b y t h at brightest ornan 3 ef, t he A s o English Bar, in a case similar to this baf os lt of inheritance binds up the incorporation of t he to grin backward after the pattern of nature, enabling' n e n rostsiO backward to our ancestors with pride, and forviar ti f t ,„ - e liel e - rer with hope." Gentlemen, I see something ir, tba!' - tbe to the nobler parts of our nature. I bell:eve no ' le afy te ,boll e meet the approval of Christian men, rvhich lookt",„" 0 "ed',. temporary interests of individuals, narrow limits : the feeling of win- ta ke° 1. b sie ch I speak w ino co that resistless • • spirit of i mmor',ality, the spirit ',Ls° Will to create a species of posthurcears existence in this f i l io aili o 0 11 ao.a steps not n. 7 . t s rie`,o nett age with age, and , time with time, an d vib e liag family, and to have some perpetuating mere the Color, earthly possessions are for ever gone. This wa s f b i° o f which induced Mr. Selby, not knowing the Pe reen boar ° ° f a ci e ' nor whether that heir was to be found in the ne igh e t the his own mansion, or among the mountains of to to r ” sfale e ' sired that h;. s property should d escen d a ccording tc hea o ble of inheance ; and to di scover t h at li ne, w hich ste e d ha into the obscurities of far distant time, an d l i c iag,, e s" station, we must h ave recourse, not to past l td to Losses, but to tho se s il ent d epos i tar i es of to stn ,e the short and simple annals of the poor, l o°oo' they relate—those parish registries which , I NoW", a el l s ° are always the most unquestionable asithorities • or, tlemen, you have heard that Mr. Selby, the tes ta ot ;',lle' 1772 siesed of these estates. iris father, Serg e- die.° sor and his mother, the daughter of Sir Roland Alst nli n li t/ee, e sa t he was young. The Sergearat died in 17 24 •T a be grant's father, James Selby, had no issue but the testator, who died I'' a il die" t ber l , died in 1688. ,aobelor-„ With! Sergeant's father had several other children , b ut i. his ° l° s b. out issue. The relations of James Selby by that villf o the side could not claim the whole estate, and c l a im i t ot ae l " ground of the decision which negatived the.,.,ir t, GenC se ll#' whole estate in opposition to Mr. Lowndes. . 11 ,; hon sas. je d e I contend that James Selby was the son of a ho nr a rr fer n who lived at Navern, in Pembrokeshire, a a n n a d tt. : ol. e h y; Mary Lloyd, the sister of James Lloyd, ch va o d brokeshire. James Lloyd and Mary Lloyd being eh of Adam Lloyd, from whom I say that and the testator, Mr. Selby, were both jenre n sol e t James Lloyd had three sons--Evan, John, and or A , $ nay bra' rude two first died bachelors, and George had three sou Lloyd being the eldest ; an d t hi s Erasmu s was story, the time of the testat or ' s d eat h in 177 2 ' ee dieggs! years of age,and died tw o y ears after. lie le ft til led i e Catherine, Francis, and M ary , a ll o f whom, the ; re; and the daughter of Catherine, the eldest er t he thell2bP, Mrs. Davis, my client. The Learned Sergean t se e 1 3 ! oo le ceeded to state h ow h e i ntended to prove the Pe? b° n o el detailed. The AttornPq- General had boasted tuo_, at give a " mortal sta ) :, ,, Selby, the gran dfather of the testator, was Ilet_ o of * r a bl r Mary Lloyd., but of Isabella Selby, the administra;u_vere o+3' ing ha,!. 'been produced yesterday, having been di " to the claim, by showing. g e ol iog e lJe will e the tenant, Mr. Lowndes, since the_ .la st b ., sal vale (Sergeant Talfourd) would disprove this, . 00 was Chilton—the brother of a gentleman t t this Isabelly Selby was a lady, whose O a r t t,„,et tbs , living in Berkshire; and that the James Selby lat r u _f o f a t son of that Isabella Selby, was not the grandf ng :eh_ t t he ! i v tor, but was a schoolmaster residing at Reading, i !` o3o. !' h 'e time when the grandfather of testator—the_ Senses 00_ 00 —was livin at Salford. The Learned ser r o e ' , hiltu n '..of brothersh o ul d o f Isabella esta b lish t was dated 1658, and proved ter. yeare nd Bu ck io hi s S b e y l b p y r , o i d n u w ci h n i g ch t h h e e will rso re! f j 'i l li T r _e . , s: ia' s e o l d bf kb r ri dn ef : described as a " schoolmaster, of Reading, Ber ae afterT4 "ng -A. hamshire was clearly established by f gonn, l The connection between the families in Judith which Ira' Selby was left a leasehold estate by his cousin, 1645. That will showed that James Selby, N Th° c"" and it clearly proved that he was the same i e poh. had been entered of the Middle . Temple. the distributing them after the arrivals, that a great saving of expense and time would accrue. It has been proved that if a postman had not to stop to collect the postage, which, under Mr. HILL'S plan, he would not have to do, he could deliver many more letters than now, when he has to collect the postage. At the period of one of the early investigations into this subject there existed what was called an " early delivery" in the metropolis, for which a gratuity was paid to the postman, and experiments were made to determine the relative time oc cupied in the delivery of letters, of which part were paid and part not paid. The result was, that out of 637 letters deliver able in the same district, 570 were delivered in half an hour, where the man had not to collect the postage, and that it took one hour and a half to deliver the remaining 67 where he had to collect the postage ; consequently that the one delivery was about 25 times as quick as the other On this subject Sir EDWARD LEES' evidence is particularly valuable, for he watched and timed the postmen, and could therefore describe to the Com mittee the quantity of time, at least three-fourths of the whole, that was wasted at every house. On the supposition that Mr. HILL'S plan might be adopted, he proposed that each house should be provided with a box for the reception of the letters, so that the post man might have nothing to do but knock to announce. his arrival, put the letter into the box, and pass on. He submitted the model of a box to the Committee adapted to the purpose, and his view seems to have met approbation. Mr. ASHURST, in his excellent pamphlet, says— It would soon be unnecessary even to open the door, as every house would be provided with a box, into which the letter-carrier would drop the letters, and, having knocked, he would pass on as fast as he could walk. By this means a man would go through a district of moderate extent in half an hour, and deliver within it almost any number of letters; for it must be borne in mind that in a town (and at present we are only considering the arrangements for towns) a letter-carrier's walk could scarcely be lengthened by any increase, however great, in the number of letters to be delivered. These, and a score of other improvements, would no doubt, be suggested, if Mr. HILL'S plan were once adopted, and would so facilitate the service of the Post-office, that the collection and delivery of letters might be accomplished in an easy, quick, and cheap manner, of which even the most sanguine have scarcely yet attained a conception. The Corn Averages to-day show a small decline in the prices of the week of 6d., but a rise in the average of the six weeks of ls. 3d. The former is 735. 4d., the latter 70s. 3d. Our former notice that the crop of potatoes is both short and bad is unhappily .confirmed by the rise in the price, from 15 to 20 per cent. last week, and the prospect of a still greater rise. Our landowners have prepared a nice bed for the nation to lie on. The letter of Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE, which we publish in another column, is the dawn of more sane views on the part of the landowners. He states that, owing to our laws, " a large breadth of wheat growing country in the north of Europe has long ceased to be cultivated ; proving to you, and the people of this country, ' that you cannot have a supply of corn when you want it,' if you will not take it when ' you do not want it,' a principle in trade which is found to be true in other articles;" and that this cannot be otherwise consistently with the benign wisdom of the Almighty Ruler of the Universe, who has willed that the intercourse between different countries should be formed and carried on upon the broad principle of mutual aid. Sir THOMAS also denies that the present Corn laws give an adequate protection to the farmer, and he declares that if they did, he would not accept them if at the same time they produced a well-grounded en mity and dissatisfaction in the minds of the trading and manufacturing classes, who have a full right to purchase their food wherever and whenever they can purchase it best and cheapest. This is the beginning of wisdom on the part of the landlords. Those laws produce not only a well grounded, but an intense enmity against them, which will involve them and the great mass of the community in one indiscriminate ruin, if the laws be not repealed. For the last three days some of the Journals have con tained most lugubrious and disheartening accounts of the disposition and language of the working classes, and an extensive attack on all property is both predicted and dreaded. Ho* can it be otherwise, when the masses are in the greatest distress, and the Legislature, by such a law as this, sets them the example—at the enormous expense, too, of stifling trade, starving the people, and exciting them to the commission of the most horrid crimes against infant life—of violating the property of all other men, for the advantage of the land owners. The Legislature must dread, as long as it sets so rile an example, that public opinion will give it only an inefficient support should the masses appeal to physical force to obtain redress. As long as the Corn-laws exist, it would be no better than murder to execute any of the industrious classes who should be driven by distress to seek food and satisfaction by violence. We have been taunted, amongst other Journals, by a great advocate of these scoun drel laws, that the working classes will not de. mand the repeal of them : but whether they demand the repeal or not, the Legislature ought to repeal them, because they are in their own nature wicked, and because they exasperate the masses, and make them the sharper and the more fitting tools for the worst of designing demagogues. We tell the public, because we know the fact positively, that some of the leaders of the working classes object to having the Corn-laws repealed, because they wish not to have the people contented, and wish to have them half idle, half famished, and wholly savage. On that ground, whether the people demand the repeal or not—and their supineness or opposition to it, is one of the most striking proofs lately afforded of thei want of wisdom, and of their blindly following men who do not care if they lead them into mischief—on that ground, whether the people demand the repeal or not, we would earnestly pray the Legislature to set abou t this work in good earnest, and take the people out of the hands of demagogues, and deprive them of a rea sonable pretext for insubordination and violence, We look now with great hope to the possibility of such a result, since an influential landlord like Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE steps forward to denounce the Corn laws to the farmers. As long as there was on their part no sign of repent ance we considered it our duty to press on the public nothing but the consideration of the enormity of the Corn-laws, but the instant they cry peccavi, and there is a probability of their surrendering or coming to terms, another duty arises for us. We have then to consider what will be the most advantageous means of putting an end to the Corn-laws, and at the same time of inflicting the least injury on any one class or classes. That is now our duty, and we will at once tell the public at large, that having so long submitted to these abominable starvation laws, having so long sanctioned the iniquity, it has no right to call on the landlords to bear all the expense of putting an end to them. The evil consequences of its own negligent acquiescence it must bear ; the land lords will have enough to bear in the disappointment of their own blindfold, stupid avarice. We must tell the Legislature, too, as we told it a few days ago, with reference to, the consequences of impressment, that, powerful as it is to do ill, it cannot ever obviate the consequences of its own laws ; and though it has in flicted upon us the evils of starvation, it cannot undo its own own handywork, without inflicting a vast deal of mischief in another direction. We have never been otherwise than aware that the total repeal of the Corn laws would inflict a great deal of present m i sc hi e f on society, but not a tith e of the mischief caused by